Partners Consulting, Inc.

Title: Principal Cloud Security Engineer
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Type: Contract, temp to perm



Our client is seeking Principal Cloud Security Engineer who will play a pivotal role in the cloud security service delivery model. The role combines deep technical expertise, collaboration across internal and external teams to design, implement, and optimize cloud security controls and service lines. The candidate will support both project-based and continuous security initiatives, focusing on securing the organization's cloud migration, supporting cloud security tool optimization, cloud security processes for the Information Security team, cloud/hybrid controls, automation, and risk-driven security outcomes.

This is a hybrid position, 80% remote and 20% onsite.

Key Accountabilities:

• Demonstrate collaboration with internal stakeholders, vendors, and supporting teams to design, implement, and maintain security technologies across network, endpoint, identity, and cloud infrastructure.

• Drive continuous improvement and coverage of cloud security controls by validating alerts, triaging escalations, and working with the MSP to fine-tune detection and prevention capabilities.

• Lead or support the development of incident response plans, engineering runbooks, tabletop exercises, and system hardening guides.

• Ensure alignment of security architectures with organization's policies, standards, and external frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CISA ZTMM, CIS Benchmarks, and Microsoft CAF Secure Methodology, AWS CAF, AWS Well Architected framework, Google CAF

• Participate in design and governance forums to provide security input into infrastructure, DevSecOps, and cloud-native application strategies.

• Assist with audits, compliance assessments, risk remediation plans, and evidence collection with internal compliance and external third-party stakeholders.

• Mentor and support junior InfoSec engineers through documentation, training, and peer reviews.
• Works independently to initiate assignments and draws upon extensive professional knowledge and experience to make independent judgments regarding analysis, evaluation, development, and implementation of enterprise long-term solutions and operating initiatives to ensure that enterprise architectural objectives are aligned with organizational needs and strategic goals.
• Optimizes information management approaches through an understanding of evolving business needs and technology capabilities and ensures that projects do not duplicate functionality or diverge from each other and business and DTS strategies.
• Functions as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) to maintain an understanding of the DTS business and clinical applications and the relationship to InfoSec and compliance solutions.
• Works with other architects to provide a consensus-based enterprise solution that is scalable, adaptable and in synchronization with ever changing business needs and takes ownership of a particular solution offering.
• Works with highly matrixed team of DTS personnel to support enterprise architecture and information security operations including, but not limited to, architecture and InfoSec principles around identity & access management models, cloud identify management providers, security information and event monitoring, and data loss prevention, perimeter (e.g. firewalls, IPS, web filtering), cloud and virtualization environments and network security (host-based firewalls, anti-virus, disk encryption).
• Supports and/or leads activities around InfoSec standards for business continuity and change management activities (e.g., table tops and change review board) and educates DTS Hospital management on security issues (e.g., Identity and Access Management (IAM), Role Based Access Control (RBAC) models.
• Supports all compliance activities related to state, federal regulatory requirements, healthcare accreditation standards, and all other applicable regulations that govern the use and disclosure of patient, financial, or other confidential information.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• At least twelve (12) years of industry related experience, including experience in one to two IT disciplines (such as technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations) in a multitier environment.
• At least six (6) years of experience with information security, regulatory compliance and risk management concepts.
• At least three (3) years of experience with Identity and Access Management, user provisioning, Role-based Access Control, or control self-assessment methodologies and security awareness training.
• Experience with Cloud and/or Virtualization technologies.
• At least three (3) years in working with matrixed high performance teams.
• Experience with industry standard SDLC methodologies; hands-on experience in Project Server methodologies, PMO project management skills, including use of MS productivity tools (Access, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project).

• Experience in healthcare, research, or life sciences environments is highly desirable.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Required Certifications:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certifications
• Cloud security certifications

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